Thanks love for your kind words 
Appreciate you and your friendship. 
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always make me laughā¦thanks Lam
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Checking in for a second time today. Im annoyed at people. Iāve got myself is a tizz about stupid shit. I need to let shit go. People are going to be people and i canāt control what they do.
" When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situationāsome fact of my lifeāunacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment."
Yeah, i need to work on this. AA was not my thing, but this did stick. My old sponsor actually had a small card laminated for me. I taped it to the computer monitor on my desk (work used to be a big trigger) and carried it with me in my wallet or pocket when i wasnāt working. I need to dig that out again.
Why do i need to be in control of everything and get so riled up when i canāt āfixā things?
Sometimes i get stupid thoughts in my head that if i canāt fix something then whatās the point, i should just start drinking again. Like Iāve ever āfixedā anything after a fifth of rum. Sure, thatās when i do my best thinking.
Ugh! Thatās the end of my rant for now. Im not going to drink, but damn sometimes i wish that was an option.
I know that drinking ever again is definitely not an option. One drink and im off to a bad place and i know i donāt have another run in me.
Im going to bed to think about acceptance and how im going to incorporate that into my life on a regular basis.
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@Shel75 If I could only remember one thing I learned in AA, it would have to be acceptance. That is what truly transformed my recovery, and overall life. It does take a little reconfiguration of the mind, but keep at it 
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Well, I went to bed 2-3 hours earlier than usual last night so it wasnāt surprising to wake up 3 hours before my alarm. Luckily I was able to get back to sleep for a while longer. Glad too, bc I was super motivated today and did some of the cleaning Iāve been putting off.
We went to our monthly chiropractor appointment. I havenāt been feeling too stiff but my carrying shoulder for work has been a little tender. It happens every year around this time. It doesnāt matter what exercises I do in my month off. Nothing replicates one sided tray carrying 50 yards at a time. Iāll get it back, but I need to remember to stretch more at night after work again. Iām gonna do some bed time stretches right now! Consistently forms habits
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Just wanted to happily say I made it too 100 days today!!!
Yay Iām so proud of myself. These milestones I really look forward too!
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Very very cool
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My experience expertise working day is coming up. Looking forward to that. Hoping for some good and fruitful interactions and communication. I sometimes donāt give myself enough credit for how far Iāve come with that compared to before I started my journey. Compared to when I still was in active addiction, turned in on myself, only looking for a way out of my life and circumstances without doing any work for it, and instead of embracing myself and my life. And always trying to do it it all alone.
Never again. Weāre in this together and I have all you to thank for all I have gained. In my heart forever and forever grateful. Have as good a day as you can all. Love.
Nice side effect of not having your phone with you right? Sorry for the cost, but maybe a good reminder. For me as well, I did cut my phone time by a lot recently but I feel the habit creeping back in.
@Butterflymoonwoman I feel itās life youāre experiencing friend. I feel it too and it isnāt always nice or cozy or comfortable. it can be raw and, well, emotional, emotions i didnāt feel when I used and numbed it all. Now we experience life and itās hard and grimy at times but itās endlessly better as how it was. Big hugs friend.
@JoeDogs Never heard of those, they look like a nice extra, thanks. For now Iām happy with making my own routes and being surprised by where I come and ride, there were some really pleasant surprises in this ride too.
@Smootie8220 Huge congrats on reaching triple digits Lys!
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Checking in again on Day 2 after work. Getting stronger mentally and have to keep that arrow straight.
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Iām here, Iām alive and Iām sober.
Day 13
Frozen but sunny.
They are going to turn off our water in about an hour.
The city council have decided that we want to increase our population with about 3x more citizens within a few years.
This far theyāve managed with having around 100 citizens to move out of the village 2023ās numbers.
Therefore theyāve decided that they need to use all the meadows and free land they can find to build houses. They are going to build an entire residential area with houses along the creek pretty much on the front side of our house.
So my usual walking gravel road will be located in the middle of a street filled with houses. Iām not impressed, just like pretty much all the other citizens already living here.
Anyway because of this new house area theyāve been working for about a year with redoing all the water and electricity pipes so today they are going to connect the one leading to our house on their new system.
Hopefully inte goes smooth, but probably not. Theyāre planning for about twenty new houses in an area where thereās always been very few houses surrounded by nature and farmland.
As late as last week they had to fix a huge leak on the new water line. So weāll see. 
And it might be good for my kids to get new friends to play with on the same street, if they actually manage to sell the houses they are building.
Wishing yāall a great day.
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Thank you so much 
I was doubtful Iād make it through Dry Jan so Iām so proud. Thank you for your words of encouragement they always mean alot. X
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@MrsOdh Fingers crossed on the water works today 
@NewBeginning1 Well done, day two! What are you going to do differently this time around?
@Just_Laura Warm waves of relaxation coming to your shoulder I remember carrying my little one too often on one side. Too much weight, too much strain.
@Shel75 Acceptance is a hard one. Have to work on it every day. Sometimes I get so resentful of life. Which is silly and I feel like a cartoon figure afterwards.
@SobrietyForMe Three days! Congrats 
111 sugar
9 UPF
4 overeating/binge
Goals for today: keeping food journal, mindfulness while eating, practicing HALT through the day. Listening to my body over my frantic mind.
Today I want to work some on my game analysis, have a class at noon, do groceries after, yoga in the afternoon. My daughter is recovering from a bad migraine. One day at a time, every day.
Letās be in peace, in kindness, and in freedom today friends 
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Day 262. Got a long day. I need to get a report done. So I may be working on that till late into the evening. Which is OK as I need it out the way now. Iām off next Wednesday to Friday and off best part of the following week too which is such a blessing.
Feeling quite tired. Weather has been a bit rubbishā¦ And I think I havenāt had a full week off work since last September? Which seems ridiculousā¦ Probably explains why I feel like I need a decent break
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This time around its thinking about the after result and how bad things can get and how much better things are withoutā¦
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101 days
Had a good day. Was a bit nervous in delivering some training today as it was for some bosses that have higher rank, but less recent experience in the subject than me, bit of imposter syndrome initially but once it started and I found I had value to add and it became 2nd nature.
Weather could have been better as we got soaked in almost constant rain.
Home to dinner cooked by the wife before she went out and just hung out with the kids.
Have a bit of prep work for the 2nd day of training tomorrow to do before I go to bed
Thanks to @CATMANCAM @acromouse @RosaCanDo @apes2020 @Mno for the well wishes. Youāre all stalwarts of this group, and I find inspiration from you all
Special mention for @JazzyS how good is that badge for posting every day for a year
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Congratulations and you should be proud. [
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Day 75. Quarter of a century.
Feeling peaceful for now. Sleep was brief but seemed fairly fulfilling. No major headache today which is good as been having these intense phantom hangover headaches for a few days now.
Body balance class at 11 am which Iām really looking forward to, especially the cool down affirmations at the end. It brings a completeness to be reminded to be kind and to love others inside and outside the room, and most importantly yourself. When the body is worked and sore and stinging, itās lovely to get the mental hug. Without connections we are stagnant and just surviving. Without compassion we are hollow and brittle. Itās a highlight of my week these days to be part of a room full of genuine people and genuine communal good will. Beautiful 
Have a sober and purposeful 24 all.
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Congrats. good to see you checking in with a hundy
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I know the feeling so well.
I was never in AA, but use this one a lot:
Itās such an oldie and you probably recognize it but sharing it anyway
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Triple digits! 
I wanna wish you a happy day all day Lys! Well done!
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Day 540 AF
This evening I spent some time with a new friend having a discussion about him wanting to make moves into recovery, it was nice to chill talk and be able to help someone else begin their oen journey.
I recommended him the app so hopefully he appears soon and checks in.
For now we will take things one day at a time and ill be there to support him the best I can.
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